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she joins us now from honolulu. hey, kristen. the president and the speaker are still sounding optimistic. is this wishful thinking? what exactly are you hearing in honolulu? >> well, i think that hopes for getting some type of grand bargain have all been but dashed. the most realistic thing right now is they can work out some sort of stop gap measure, a smaller deal. you heard president obama signal that on friday when he addressed the nation. he talked about the fact that members of congress right now should just focus on making sure that taxes don't go up on middle class americans and extend unemployment insurance, so i think right now both sides are just trying to prevent going over the fiscal cliff, and then they will aim to tackle some of the larger issues after the first of the year. president obama referring to this as a working vacation. i'm also told that there are conversations going on at the staff level, but we expect sort of the bulk of the work to get done when lawmakers return to washington after the christmas hol
she joins us now from honolulu. hey, kristen. the president and the speaker are still sounding optimistic. is this wishful thinking? what exactly are you hearing in honolulu? >> well, i think that hopes for getting some type of grand bargain have all been but dashed. the most realistic thing right now is they can work out some sort of stop gap measure, a smaller deal. you heard president obama signal that on friday when he addressed the nation. he talked about the fact that members of...
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and what did it get us? it got us 22 million new jobs. it got us a big surplus after the end of the clinton years. so just because they say it does not make it so. >> so we're waiting on this speaker john boehner's briefing from capitol hill coming up in moments from now. we're going to take that to everybody live. but i want to get you on the record before we go to ask you what's going on in the state of south carolina the senate shuffle going on with senator demint's leaving and nikki haley. down to tim scott, the first african-american senator since reconstruction. jenny sanford being on the governor's short list to replace him. out of those names, other names like mulvaney as well as a possible consideration. what do you think about a jenny sanford being put in to replace jim demint? >> i think it would be a great choice. i think jim atim would be a goo choice. tim would be the first african-american senator after that. jenny sanford would make the first woman to serve in this capacity, so far as i know. and he's a great person. i lik
and what did it get us? it got us 22 million new jobs. it got us a big surplus after the end of the clinton years. so just because they say it does not make it so. >> so we're waiting on this speaker john boehner's briefing from capitol hill coming up in moments from now. we're going to take that to everybody live. but i want to get you on the record before we go to ask you what's going on in the state of south carolina the senate shuffle going on with senator demint's leaving and nikki...
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thanks for speaking with us. just to get some details we just got handed to us from kelly o'donnell, that is that in the latest deal in terms of the details, the taxes that are being discussed, regardless of the rate for a moment, they would be permanent and would not have a sunset provision. again, the progress is that they have come up with some understanding of an income tax threshold according to kelly o'donnell, and estate taxes as well. they've come up with some sort of agreement there. what is your thought about just these details that we're all learning right now? >> well, i am hopeful. i'm hopeful because we are seeing signs of compromise. the democrats have offered one compromise. on the issue of threshold for tax cuts. a higher threshold i think is a good compromise. it makes sense. and it helps us avoid going off this cliff. at the end of the day i am hopeful when both parties are willing to compromise. you cannot negotiation with a skid mark. up to now we have been in a position where we've been nego
thanks for speaking with us. just to get some details we just got handed to us from kelly o'donnell, that is that in the latest deal in terms of the details, the taxes that are being discussed, regardless of the rate for a moment, they would be permanent and would not have a sunset provision. again, the progress is that they have come up with some understanding of an income tax threshold according to kelly o'donnell, and estate taxes as well. they've come up with some sort of agreement there....
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the use of drone strikes. if al qaeda is diminished, do you think that we can still justify using drones in the way that we have over the past few years? >> well, look. the united states always has right, as does every country to defend itself against an eminent attack. that's a long-standing right. nobody has to be a sitting duck, waiting for somebody to attack them. and if there is no other way to do that and kit be done in a way without causing harm to lots of civilians and everything else, that's a right that the united states has. >> but we know that that hasn't happen. >> yep. >> with regards to our program. we know there have been civilians, women and children who have been killed by drones. we know that to be true. >> yeah. and this is far from any battlefield. a lot of these people seem to be, if they're a threat to anybody, it might be threat to their neighbors, threat to local villages. these aren't necessarily people who have any ability to attack the united states whatsoever. and what is even scar
the use of drone strikes. if al qaeda is diminished, do you think that we can still justify using drones in the way that we have over the past few years? >> well, look. the united states always has right, as does every country to defend itself against an eminent attack. that's a long-standing right. nobody has to be a sitting duck, waiting for somebody to attack them. and if there is no other way to do that and kit be done in a way without causing harm to lots of civilians and everything...
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. >> they can keep pushing us and bumping us and moving us back. >> it's the holidays, you want to get home, but at the same time, what are you going to do? >> on this holiday weekend, thousands of flights delayed and we're watching that as the winter stom wallops the midwest and good day to you. i'm richard lui. the stalled fiscal cliff debate and the january deadline now just ten days away. president obama and his family are vacationing in hawaii and congress is on holiday recess after no new breakthrough and both sides are holding out and they'll be able to reach a deal. >> call me a hopeless optimist, but i actually still think we can get it done. >> of course, hope springs eternal and i know we have it in us to come together and to do the right thing. >> nbc's kristin welker is in hawaii and the president is still in talks while he's there or are the the talks on hiatus? >> richard, my sources tell me this is very much a working vacation for president obama and at this time there's no conversation between the president and congressional leaders and that doesn't mean that they're n
. >> they can keep pushing us and bumping us and moving us back. >> it's the holidays, you want to get home, but at the same time, what are you going to do? >> on this holiday weekend, thousands of flights delayed and we're watching that as the winter stom wallops the midwest and good day to you. i'm richard lui. the stalled fiscal cliff debate and the january deadline now just ten days away. president obama and his family are vacationing in hawaii and congress is on holiday...
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call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> it might be one of the most famous pictures ever taken in the oval office. richard nixon and elvis presley, december 21, 1970 and that picture any that meeting between the president and the king marks today's flashback. it was 42 years ago that elvis brought the handwritten letter to the gates of the white house and he handed it to the security guard and asked for a meeting with the president, the ring of rock 'n' roll also wanted to add to his credentials the title of federal agent at large. you remember that. richard nixon's staff granted the meeting and elvis and the president took pictures and spoke about drug culture and according to white house aides elvis thought the beatles had been a real force for anti-american spirit and the meeting ended with elvis hugging president nixon. that's our flashback. >>> speaking of celebs in the white house, eva longoria was named a co-chair of president obama's inaugural committee and she's been very vocal for this adm
call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> it might be one of the most famous pictures ever taken in the oval office. richard nixon and elvis presley, december 21, 1970 and that picture any that meeting between the president and the king marks today's flashback. it was 42 years ago that elvis brought the handwritten letter to the gates of the white house and he handed it to the security guard and asked for a meeting with the president, the ring of rock 'n' roll also wanted to...
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use less. with the small but powerful picker upper, bounty select-a-size. >>> i want toe update you now on the developing news on the health of nelson mandela. right now the former president is in a south african hospital. he is undergoing medical tests. the government there says that the procedures have been planned for some time, and that they are consistent with his age. that's their language. nelson mandela is 94. family, friend not saying how long he is going to be hospitalized. but a government spokesman insist there's is, quote, no cause for alarm. mandela did spend some time in the hospital earlier this year for stomach surgery. >>> new warnings this week about global warming and its potential impact on the world's population. a new report from the national oceanic and atmospheric administration found record melting of the icecap in 2012. and scientists say that the changes are affecting the climate and ecosystems worldwide. we want to bring in our friend, bill nye, the science guy to h
use less. with the small but powerful picker upper, bounty select-a-size. >>> i want toe update you now on the developing news on the health of nelson mandela. right now the former president is in a south african hospital. he is undergoing medical tests. the government there says that the procedures have been planned for some time, and that they are consistent with his age. that's their language. nelson mandela is 94. family, friend not saying how long he is going to be hospitalized....